Chapter 4 Flashcards
(15 cards)
According to Joel Cohen the maximum human population that Earth can support is
10 to 12,billion
Historically up until the Middle Ages populations are most and limited by
Disease famine and war
One of the blank effective ways to stay with population is to
Most, decreased how morality
The number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive wife is called
Total fertility rate
What is the dependency ratio?
The number of nonworking compared to working
Which of the following is an pronatalist pressure
All of the following, social status of large families or social taboos regarded birth control, male pride, need for additional family income
The policies of Andra pradesh and China are based on which of the following
The only way to break out of the demographic trap is reduced population growth immediately and drastically by whatever means are necessary
One obstacle to family-planning and birth-control use that had to be overcome in Thailand is
That these topics were taboo
The world population reached 1 billion in about
1800
Demographic the transaction is expected to accompany
Economic development and stabilization
Technological optimist or do you have technological advances have
Proven Malthus wrong in his predictions of famine and disaster
Proponents of social justice believe that environmental and social problems will decrease if
Research resources are distributed fairly
The demographics transaction refers to a country change from
Hi birth and death rates too low birth and death rates
The demographic believe that birthrates gently decrease as a level of development increases because
Women tend to have more influence than family planning
Family-planning means enabling people to
Decided dance how many children they should have
